When the Lights Go Down - Graham Parker

What you don’t know can’t hurt you

What you can’t see can’t get in the way

You turn out the light, things get clearer

I know there’ll be a night

when you can’t find the switch

I’m half awake, I can’t come to

My hands start to shake

As you’re shaking me down

And then you give yourself away with your kiss

Up until now it was something that I missed

I get the picture, but I just can’t resist

And you imagine someone else

CHORUS

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

What’s on your mind isn’t in your arms

What’s in your hands isn’t really mine

I’m not really here

They’re not my lips you kissed

i’m just a slave or a catalyst

Something’s out of sync

Don’t tell me

I’m just a link that gets pulled from the chain

And every time I get you on your own

I still feel as though I’m all alone

It’s just as well I’m not made out of stone

As you imagine someone else

(Repeat Chorus)

And then you give yourself away with your kiss

Up until now I thought it was something that I missed

I get the picture, but I just can’t resist

And you’re seeing someone else

(Repeat Chrorus)

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

When the lights go down

What you don’t know can’t hurt you…